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Statistical Analysis on the Temperature Dependence and Long-Term Change of Relative Humidity Sensors

상대습도계의 온도 의존성과 경년변화의 통계적 분석

  • Kim, Jong Chul (Center for Thermometry, Div. of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) ;
  • Choi, Byung Il (Center for Thermometry, Div. of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) ;
  • Woo, Sangbong (Center for Thermometry, Div. of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science) ;
  • Yang, Inseok (Center for Thermometry, Div. of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
  • 김종철 (한국표준과학연구원 기반표준본부 온도센터) ;
  • 최병일 (한국표준과학연구원 기반표준본부 온도센터) ;
  • 우상봉 (한국표준과학연구원 기반표준본부 온도센터) ;
  • 양인석 (한국표준과학연구원 기반표준본부 온도센터)
  • Received : 2012.08.29
  • Accepted : 2012.09.06
  • Published : 2012.11.30

Abstract

We have investigated temperature dependence and long-term change of humidity measurement from 32 relative humidity sensors. The readings of the humidity sensors depended not only the reference humidity, but also temperature of the chamber. Approximately, the temperature dependence of the humidity sensor in average was 0.05 %R.H./$^{\circ}C$ in the temperature range from $5^{\circ}C$ to $55^{\circ}C$. For humidity sensors that have an internal temperature compensation circuit, the resulting temperature dependence was weaker by 20%. It should be also noted that for the humidity sensors used in this work underwent ${\pm}3$ %R.H. change per year for level of confidence of 95%. The users of relative humidity sensors may refer this value as a minimum change when they set the calibration interval of the humidity sensors.

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